Quote Originally Posted by prwraith View Post
How is this mindset still around ?

What you wear and who you are, / how much self respect you have are not at all linked.
Caveat. making sure you and your clothes are clean I'd think does have something to do with self respect (exception - while on a job where you get dirty as part of the job, but self respect tends to mean, you clean up afterwards). style of clothes - IS indeed not linked though.